Clothespin



J. MUCK.

CLOTHESPIN. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4. 1918.

wuemtoi Patented June 8, 1920.

UNITED STATES JOHN MUCK, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CLOTHESPIN.

Application filed November 4. 191 8.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Noon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of h lilwaukee, and State of Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothespins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes pins.

The object of my invention is to provide a metallic pin having forked arms adapted to clampingly engage clothing and other materials, in which the forked arms are composed entirely of wire, and preferably from a single piece of wire, both ends of which are concealed within the head of the pin, the forked arms comprising loops.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clothes pin, the forked arms of which are composed of wire loops, and the head of which comprises a-spherical metallic shell or knob engaging circulatory curved portions of the wire in such a manner as to be entirely retained upon the wire, and to bear upon the latter in a direction tending to swing the arms together.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view of one of my improved clothes pins.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same, drawn at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the blank from which the metallic head or shell is formed, said blank being illustrated as it appears preparatory to being applied to the end of the pin and compressed thereon, a fragment of the pin being illustrated in position to receive the cap blank.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of my improved clothes pin, showing the head or clamping shell in section.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

A piece of wire is looped or folded upon itself in a U-shaped bend to form one of the arms A of my improved clothes pin. The extremity of one side or leg at of this U shaped arm is, of course, the extremity of the wire, but the other leg at is again looped in the vicinity of the extremity of the wire, and extended downwardly and then upwardly to form another U-shaped arm B, similar to the arm A. The U-shaped loop B has one leg Z) directly connected with the leg a of the arm A by the upper loop indi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920.

Serial No. 260.980.

cated at C in Fig. 3. The leg 6 of the arm B terminates at the extremity of the wire. The piece of wire is of sufiicient length to form the arms A and B with the upper loop U, and the two extremities of the wire adjacent, and preferably co-inciding substantially with a line extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the pin.

The end portions of the wire are preferably curved circularly, and the loop C is also circularly curved, these curves com mencing substantially in the transverse plane indicated by the line (Z-@ in Fig. 4, and forming terminal loops or enlargements.

These terminal attaching portions or circularly curved portions of the wire above the transverse plane represented by the line d@ are inclosed by a cylindrically curved shell F. The shell may be secured in position by first applying to the end of the wire a thimble shaped cap, similar to that indicated at F in Fig. 3. After this cap is applied, its edge margins are pressed or crimped inwardly on all sides, until they embrace the converging portions of the wire substantially in the plane cZ-e. The edge margins of the cap may be compressed in such a manner as to exert substantial pressure upon the arms AB, i. 6., upon the four strands or two pairs of wire legs composing these arms. Therefore, the arms of the pin may be held at any desired angle by means of the cap, and also by the re silience of the wire itself in the loops C.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that my improved pin, with the exception of the cap, is composed entirely of a single piece of wire having two downwardly projecting loops, and an intermediate upper loop, with the extremities of the wire gathered into proximity with the upper loop preparatory to the application of the cap to these extremities and the upper loop.

I claim 1. A clothes pin comprising a piece of wire bent or folded upon itself to form a pair of downwardly extending loops integrally connected by an upper loop, the extremities of the wire being located in proximity to the upper loop, and a cap covering the upper loop and the extremities of thewire, and interlocked therewith.

2. A clothes pin comprising a piece of wire bent or folded upon itself to form a pair of downwardly extending loops integrally connected by an upper loop, the extremities of the wire being located in proximity to the upper loop, and a cap covering the upper loop and the extremities of the wire, and interlocked therewith, the lower loops being formed in rounded U-shaped curves, and arranged to slightly diverge from each other.

3. A clothes pin comprising a piece of wire bent or folded upon itself to form a pair of downwardly extending loops integrally connected by an upper loop, the ex tremities of the wire being located in proximity of the upper loop, and a cap covering the upper loop and the extremities of the wire, and interlocked therewith, the lower loops being formed in rounded U-shaped curves, and arranged to slightly diverge from each other, and the upper loop being formed with a circular portion having a curvature greater than a half circle, and closely embraced by the cap.

4. A clothes pin having clamping arms composed of resilient wire loops, enlargements formed at the ends of the wire and a cap clamped around the enlargement whereby the ends of said wire are securely anchored in said cap.

5. A clothes pin having clamping arms composed of wire loops, and having a cap embracing the ends of the wire composing said loops, said wire being anchored within the cap, and said cap being spherically rounded and arranged with the inclosed portions of the wire circularly curved therein in substantial contact with its inner surface throughout an are greater than a half circle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MUCK. lVitnesses:

LEVERETT C. WH ELER,

0. C. WEBER. 

